Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Remembering Larry Rice (1949-2006)

Larry Rice is a member of the legendary Rice family of bluegrass and acoustic music fame. The bluegrass band of brothers has no peers! There's Tony, Wyatt, Larry, and Ron. It doesn't get any better than Rice music! As we approach another anniversary of the explosion of Challenger (January 28, 1986), we pay tribute to Larry Rice's emotion-charged "Star-Bound Heroes," which recalls the day that seven astronauts raced into space aboard the ill-fated spacecraft. Our tribute is in direct response to a certain young female entertainer's careless disrespect of the astronauts aboard Challenger.

When I recorded "Grassroots" from the radio on PRM (now Mississippi Public Broadcasting) with the legendary Mike Morgan, I noted the date of January 27, 1990, just prior to the fourth anniversary of the explosion. I share the song and my recollections with you out of my great fondness for Larry Rice and his music, Mike Morgan and his genius at the microphone, and the seven astronauts who "were 'board the Challenger."

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The picture of the Bluegrass Shack, Lucy, TN, is significant in my life. I first heard bluegrass music from the Tennessee Gentlemen right there in 1980. Life changed from that moment. As luck would have it, the ol' shack burned down some years ago. I keep its memory alive through this blog and my nickname. Am I 'bluegrasshack' or am I a 'bluegrass hack' [writer]?